The Speech of Mr. Beaufoy, Tuesday, the 18th June, 1788 : in a committee of the whole House, on a bill for regulating the conveyance of negroes from Africa to the West-Indies : to which are added observations on the evidence adduced against the bill.

The Speech of Mr. Beaufoy, Tuesday, the 18th June, 1788 : in a committee of the whole House, on a bill for regulating the conveyance of negroes from Africa to the West-Indies : to which are added observations on the evidence adduced against the bill.

Alternate Title:

Anti-slavery propaganda in the Oberlin College Library

Abbreviated Title:

The Speech of Mr. Beaufoy

Physical Description:

37 p.

Language:

English

Creator:

Beaufoy, Henry d. 1975Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Publisher:

J. Phillips

Place of Publication:

London

Publication Date:

1789

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Antislavery movements -- Early works to 1800 -- Great BritainSlave trade -- Early works to 1800Slavery -- Early works to 1800 -- Law and legislation -- Great BritainSpeeches, addresses, etc., English -- Early works to 1800 -- Great Britain -- London

Notes

General Note:

Prefatory note by G. Sharp, chairman of the Committee of the Society instituted in 1787 for the purpose of effecting the abolition of the slave trade.

General Note:

Pages 23-37 contain "Observations on the evidence given at the bar of the House of Commons ...respecting the transportation of African slaves" with a separate t.-p.